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Sept. 1, 1925.

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" UNITED STATES VPATENT OFFICE.

HARRY R. FELTON, v01E' PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO FEDERAL CONTAINER COMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

LINOLEUM CONTAINER.

Application led March 21, 1924. Serial' No. 700,758.

T0 all whom #may cof/wcm:

Be it known that I, HARRY a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented .a new and useful Improvement in Linoleum .Containers, of which the 4following is a full, clear, Aand exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

,In the packing of linoleum for shipment, much diiiiculty has been experienced 1n properly protecting the goods and especially the ends. If the package is subjected torough handling, the edges ofthe llinoleum are liable to breakage, thereby seriously damaging it. Indeed, t'o avoid injury, the li-noleum is often shipped in wooden Aboxes or crates, which are relatively expensive.

The Aobject of my invention'is to provide a container so constructed, and the-parts whereof are so assembled, that it may be made of pasteboard, or similar flexible and cheap material, but which .will afford practically absolute security against injuryy to the contentsY and particularly against breakage of the edges. The material that I prefer to use is that form of corrugated paste; board which comprises two flat s eetslspaced apart by a corrugated sheet; but it is to be understood that the invention comprises the construction of the container; and is not limited to the use of any particular material.'

A preferred embodimentof the invention is shownl in the accompanying drawings,in which- Fig. 1 is a plan .-view of a sheet of corrugated pasteboard scored preparatory to bending .it into tubular form to provide the body of the container.v

Fig. 2 is a'plan view of one of the end closures before bending downthe wings.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the body of the container.

. Fig. 4 4is a side view of one of the end closures after it is bent into 'shape over the end of a roll of linoleum.

Fig. 5 is a similar view ofthe double end closure.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal Sectional View 0fone end portion of the completedcontainer.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the finished container.

R. FELToN',

The body o-f the container is madeof a sheet a of corrugated pasteboard scored along parallel lines (see Fig. 1) and preferably at right angles to the direction of extension of the corrugations. The sheet is then bent on the 'scored lines and formed in- 'to an openended polygonal tube (approximatlng a cylinder) with the end flaps overlapping (see Fig. The tubular body 1s closed'by end closures of the same material, each. comprising a central head b and radiating wings c (see Figs. 2 and l). The head is of a diameter approximating that of the body. The closure is applied to the body by bending the wings c at right angles to the head and sliding them within the body. Preferably the closure is applied to the roll of linoleum m and the roll, with the end closures applied thereto, together inserted into the container body. Additional security is afforded, by providing two closures at each end; each comprising a flat head and spaced-apart depending wings. The head al of the Second closure rests against and outside the head b of the first closure and the wings e of the second closure occupy the space between the Wings c of the first closure. See Fig. 5.

It is preferred to make the container body of octagonal form and to provide each end head with four Wings corresponding in Width to the width of each flat section of the tube and to have the light wings of the two end heads en-gage the respective vsections of the tube; but while this is desirable, it is not essential. The outer head ci should be o-f slightly greater diameter than the inner head b, so that the depending wings e of the youter closure may be-more readily bent down over the adjacent edges of the inner head. i

The overlapping edges of the tubular body are held together by means ofa fabric strip f extending longitudinally along and over the exposed joint and glued to the body, as sho-wn in Fig. 3.

After the endv heads are applied to the tubular body,` each head and the adjacent end portion of the body are covered with flexible material g, as, for example, a sheet of-burlap. See Figs. 6 and 7., Steel encircling bands of strips la are then applied to the container. I have shown two bands enjcircling eachburlap-coveredend portion of the container and a single bend encircling a midway part of the container.

kWhile I have described the container as intended for use in the packing and transportation of linoleum, it may be adapted to other uses.

Certain features herein described are ad vantageous, although not essential to the embodiment of my invention in its broadest scope; and it is not intended tolimit the invention to such features except in those claims thatI specifically recite them.-

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A linoleum container comprising a tu4 bular body scored longitudinally along par allel lines and bent on theJ scored lines to rate end clos'ure of bendable material comprising a fiat head'and flat swings bent at right angles to the planev of the4 head and extending Within the tubular body in enga ement with the inner Wall thereof, said en closure adapted to be applied'to the roll of linoleum and to be inserted, With the roll, Within the tubular body as specified, a flexible cover enclosing the end head and the adjacent end portion of the tubular body, and a strap around the covered end portion of the body.

2. A linoleum container comprising a tubular body and separate end closures of bendable material, each closure comprising an end head and 'Wings angularly disposed thereto and engaging the Wall of the body, a flexible covering enclosing each end head and the adjacent end portion of the body and straps around the covered end portions ofthe body.

3. A linoleum container comprising ran open ended tubular body and separate end closino' means of comparatively stiii but bendable material comprising a plurality of end heads lying one upon another to form an end of a plurality of thicknesses and angularly disposed `Wings integral .with the end heads, the Wings integral .with eachr head being spaced apart and ez'itending 'I across 'the spaces between the other Wings to form a substantiallycontinuous lenclosure ot a single thickness. f

4. Alinoleum container comprising a tubular body and separate end closing means,y Y.

5. A llnole'um container comprismg v a sheetlof bendable material scored along par# v allel.` lines and bent into the form of a polygonal tube, means to close the ends comprising end heads 'and lntegralqangularly disposed Wings corresponding in number and approximately in Width to the Hat sec-Y tions of the tube, and inserted Within thel tube and itting against `said sections, land means 'to retain the body andend heads in assembled relation. j

6. AT linoleum container comprising a sheet of bendable material scored along parallel lines and bent into the form of a polygonal tube With overlapping end sections, two end .closures at each end each comprising an end head and integral angularly disposed spaced-apart Wings, the end heads lying one upon another and the Wings of each head extending laterally across 'the spaces between the Wings of the other head, allot said Wings extending Within the tube and engaging the inner Wall thereof, a strip of material sealing the longitudinal over- A lapping edges of the body, a cover of lexi- In testimony of Which invention AI have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Par.. i

of March, 1924:.

on this 18th day HARRFR. EELTON 

